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TCI - (answer)purpose:
- trauma informed care/de-escalate
- having physical presence
- this technique works for ages 5 and up (no one younger than 5)
- all feelings are valid, how you respond is what is important
developmental relationships are characterized by: - (answer)- attachment
- reciprocity (ex: throwing a ball back and forth)
- progressive complexity (ex: the medal system)
- balance of power
a trauma informed organization: - (answer)- supports and facilitates trauma-informed care through:
- policies
- procedures
- practice
a trauma informed organization ensures that staff: - (answer)- understand - understand what trauma
is/how it impacts everyone within the system
- recognize - recognize behaviors and patterns that reflect trauma (past or present)
- respond - respond in ways that avoid bringing up trauma
the TCI system assists organizations to: - (answer)- prevent crisis from occurring
- de-escalate potential crises
- manage - acute physical behavior
- reduce - potential and actual injury to young people and staff
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- teach - young people adaptive coping skills
- develop - a learning organization
competencies - (answer)1.) be able to prevent and/or de-escalate a potential crisis situation with a
child/young person
2.) be able to safely and therapeutically manage a crisis situation
3.) be able to process with children - help improve their capacity to regulate their emotions and use
positive coping strategies
therapeutic milieu - (answer)("the living") the combination of people, emotions, attitudes, and objects
that create a sense of safety, respect, belonging, care and accountability
spaces within therapeutic milieu - (answer)(these are the things that we can control - the spaces)
- ideological - connection/programming
- physical - safe/clean environment
- cultural - diversity - accept/celebrate cultural differences
- social - attachments/relationships, develop skills
- emotional - safety/acceptance, effects of trauma
setting conditions - (answer)anything that makes challenging behavior/traumatic stress responses more
or less likely to occur
foundations for intentional use of self - (answer)- self awareness - knowing own attitudes, beliefs, values
(ready/willing/able - 'neutrality)
- self regulation - focus attention, awareness of physical/emotional state (regulate behaviors)
- relationship skills/attunement - listen/engage, "tune-in" respond to child, be aware of own feelings (be
present and aware)
- self care - monitor personal, levels of stress, healthy lifestyle/reflexive supervision
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the triune brain - (answer)- practiced process
- co-regulation techniques
(neocortex)
1.) the thinking brain - reasoning, higher functioning, thinking
2.) the emotional brain (limbic system) emotions and motivations
3.) the survival brain - (brain stem) heart rate, breathing, automatic
pain-based behavior - (answer)(fight, flight, or freeze)
- behaviors that are the result of emotional and psychological pain
- inability to regulate emotions, overreaction to situations, outbursts, withdrawl, running away through
anger/fear/defiance (depends on emotions displayed
feelings/needs/behaviors - (answer)- child's behaviors (top of the iceberg - visible/surface level)
- child's feelings and needs/memories/thoughts (under the surface iceberg)
assessing behavior - (answer)all behavior has meaning
- behavior reflects emotions/needs
- trauma affects children's ability to manage feelings and behaviors
("there's a bear in the room")
stress model of crisis - (answer)reduces stress and anxiety
(diagram)
- baseline
- triggering even (agitated)
- escalation (aggression)